AskZOE: Food Scanner Reviews

Just downloaded the new Ask Zoe app and have been using it for a few days. It’s very user friendly and simple interface gets me information I want quickly.

I also love that it stores previous scans so I can easily compare similar products to choose the best one.

Best part though is they clearly show why a food is good or bad. I’ve never been into tracking macros to really understand what makes a food better than others or worse, this cuts to the point and lets me know the “why” without having to understand nutrition in a detailed way. Including learning about ultra processed foods that I’ve been hearing more about. It’s not always straight forward what makes something ultra processed, this takes guess work out if it for me and my family.

Looking forward to taking AskZOE on my next grocery shopping trip - scans are fast, will be fun to compare items while I shop to be more informed.

AskZOE is great for a quick answer to whether a food is a healthy choice or not.
I love that it takes multiple factors like fats, sugar, fiber, etc. and summarizes it all into one score so I can simply scan an item and quickly assess if it’s a good option.
One thing that would take this to the next level is if it would suggest a better alternative whenever I scanned a low scoring food!

Products not found is annoying, how can you not find Diet Coke , ….etc

The scanner works, and there was only one result that didn't make sense. I'm not sure why Trader Joe's roasted red peppers would have a terrible ZOE score. The ingredients are pretty clean. I'm hoping that it's just a glitch. And that I can still enjoy these things frequently! Otherwise, AskZOE is awesome.

AskZOE helps me make better decisions on the food I decide to purchase and consume. The barcode scanning feature allows me to quickly and easily gain nutritional information. The insights are digestible and informative. Highly recommend AskZOE!

This is my new favorite app! I just scanned a bunch of items in my pantry, and found the scale results for each item so informative … I’m looking forward to using AskZOE the next time I’m at the grocery store.

It’s hard to know what’s actually healthy, and AskZOE does a great job of making that simple with a score out of ten, and then breaking it down into details about which elements are good or bad

I’ve been using AskZOE when I grocery shop and it’s completely changed my mind on what’s healthy.

Extremely user friendly and very informative! Five stars!

Great information on what’s really healthy/not healthy and why. Super easy to use and kind of addictive.

AskZOE is very helpful to me keeping me on the right track.

Love the freedom of choosing any food and not having calorie restrictions. It’s all about learning to make healthier choices. Also seeing the suggestion to enjoy regularly versus moderately or only once in a while.

I would love to see the addition of healthy swaps to pick instead of a food with a lower rating.

The first four items I scanned aren’t in the database and they are basic items.

I’ve started scanning foods while I shop and it’s been a game changer! I’m even making different choices about bagged salads and vegetable broths and things I used to assume were all healthy. I’ve also found it lowers my grocery bills to eat healthier, too. Thank you, Zoe Science and Nutrition for the research and public science communication you’re doing. You really are helping people live healthier lives. Next up: get city and rural planners, corporations and politicians on board!

More vegan products please. I do love AskZOE though. I went thru Zoe testing early 2021 (I think )and there was a huge lack of info when using vegan products on Zoe.
Thank you!

Made my grocery shopping so much easier. Instead of preparing to spend an hour reading ingredients lists (to only some success) AskZOE is so simple, just point and shoot. It’s shocking how two similarly packaged goods can have wildly different ratings.

I used in in my last grocery run to replace some of my staples with better scoring alternatives. I’ve noticed my last week’s meal scores improved from around 60 on average to over 70 now, without a change in diet, and only marginal change in cost of the food itself.

Love learning about other options, the education about gut biodiversity is invaluable.

this app is useful and fun to use. I take it food shopping and have purchased items because their this app scores were higher than the ones on my list. I have been surprised with some foods scoring lower/higher than I expected.
I hope ZOE adds more foods into the this app database and adds website access for the database. Web access could allow users to search for foods with a higher ranking or to understand components/calculation of score.

I was very excited to give this a try. I was trying to eat healthier choices. First time I tried AskZOE it worked really well but then somehow all my scans got erased. The second time I use AskZOE it was extremely difficult to navigate the scanning page. The concept is great, but AskZOE has a long way to go. After you scan, it wants you to share the information with a friend but it gives you no back button or intuitive directions to scan another item

Very great tool to have when I am shopping for healthy choices!!

This is a great app, although I was depressed after realizing how much junk I had in the house. Very useful for advising which foods should be eaten at which frequency.

Zoë is raising my consciousness about the frequency with which I should consume apparently healthy foods. I thought I really knew such things.

Request it to have US flavor as option

Additionally ability to delete scans and to sort them by keyword, alphabetical and by score

Hope I don’t get asked to leave food shops here in Staten Island.

Much used and much liked. Making it easy to make healthy choices

There is truth in the scan! Love being able to confirm that my choices are healthy!! And when you scan that occasional splurge and see that it isn’t worth it😢Thanks Zoe!

I’m a med student trying to make good food choices even when busy. Love that the UI isn’t overwhelming with information. Simple and good-looking app. Good links are provided after some scans for further info if one wants to read further

There are so many products I buy that I thought were healthy but they are too high in salt, or ultra processed or…! I’m shocked and sad that I have to eliminate or reduce these from my pantry. But now I know how to make my way towards a stronger gut microbiome. I’ll definitely be using AskZOE!